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PAGE TWO THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1920 3 Sliar Loaf Grocery M t r I I V V Si II i JGts. Bass Island Grape Juice -gal. Xaboth Grape Juice i ;P!nt3 Armour's Grape Juice Pinebrosla Concentrated pTQ Pineapple Juice, pts OOC Vhite Rock GIngerale Lime Joice, fiQy Small . DOC Bagley's Apple Juice QQ Xo. 2Va can dOC Phiz Loganberry QQ Juice, 8-oz OOC f REGULAR PRICES GOOD EVERYDAY Hydro Pura, 1 19 c 79c J.i Box Crackers For ...... Xo. 2 Can Solid Packed Tomatoes 19c I No. 1 Can Sliced Pineapple Pink Salmon, For .. ...19c 18c 22c Best Grade Pink Salmon . . ...... 3-lb. Hill Blue Coffee . . .3131 1 Halfhill'a Cardines, large OQ can in Tomato Sauce ....mUV 3-lb. Pail Peanut ," J (7fl Butter lUks ?p" 8c Midday Club -j Corn XOC Sugar Loaf Bread, 3 for ZDC La & Pare-in. Sauce 29 C i t . Yan Camp's Beans 1Qrt Ifo. 2 Can XOC 4-lb. Jar Fig, Peach, Q- - rj Plum Jam J5 I PureFruit and Sugar s Matches, s r Per Box Ul s 2 Gulden Age Paste Goods II 8c i Seeded Raisins, rr.?..... 23c & li-rge Can Dill 21c 83c 23c 12c Pickles 1 ll- lbs. Pink Eeana .. ....... Sip gar Loaf, Maine Style Corn, Can Campbell's Soups, For Cjjcoa Almond t fl -l Soap XUC l Shift's "White fTpf Sap, 10 bars . ODC 1 P$it Bottle Catsup i lb. Hershey Cocoa f. 1 3-jo. JM. J. C Coffee rj H For V.- t) I U j Mexican Cane Sugar, j Sak lots, per lb 26c 1-lb. Calumet Baking Powde 29i f' I Nd. 1 Can Tiny June j rs 15c 1 ! 3 V ;? - Always A Little Less t 130 N. First Avenie n $1 J 2 1 i ...36c S J 19c 45c 1 A!! IE WR1TTE FIOOS LETTE Fifth Open Hearing of Land Department Graft Probe Brings Out the Lie and Other Interesting Things The only actual development in the fifth open hearing of the land depart ment investigation last night, covering a period of four hours, was the fact that the letter bearing the name of S. G. Barrows and which precipitated all the trouble, was written by A. F. Parker, as had been suspected. That was brought out by Miss Bessie Davis, housekeeper of the Mansion House at Ben.on, who Identified an Oliver type writer. No. 3, as one that belonged to the hotel; that tvas seldom used, and that so fir as she knew was used by only two guests within six months. One of them was Parker who used the ma chine about March 13. which was about the date of the ItUc-r. The evening was devoted largely to the troubles of Dr. 13. B. Perrin with the land department. Dr. Perrin is the owner of 240,000 acres of land in vari ous parti of the state, and during the administration of Land Commissioner Moeur hud made futile efforts to add to his holdings by leases, until at last he acquired the impression that he was persona non grata in the office of the commissioner. Dr. Perrin was accompanied by his attorney, Robert F.. Morrison of Pres cott. On his appearance there was a shifting of gears in the investigation. Messrs. Struckrneyer and Bujlard, who had been representing respectively the land board and the land commissioner, retired to the background, that is, they nominally retired, and Mr. Morrison and Fen S. Hildreth, the latter repre senting interests adverse to those of Dr. PeiTin, took their places. Dr. Perrin Appear Mr. Morrison made a statement of the complaint he would offer. He would show that the commissioner in his dealings with Dr. Perrin, had vio lated the law and the rules established in the department. He said that Dr. PerriJi was the. owner of a large num ber of the odd-numbered sections of land lying west, northwest and north of the Baca grant which was also owned by Dr. Perrin. In 1915 ho held under lease some 55 of the alternate and' contiguous sections to the odd numbered sections. Thofje leases would expire at vari' ous times, a few of them this year, and some-of them next year. Under the law a-j it stood in 1915. an applicant for a renewal of a lease was required to make application not more than 60 daya and not less than 30 days before its expiration. And at the end of the five-year period the land was subject to re-appraisal. Application was made in duo time in behalf of Dr. Perrin and as late as February 9, 1919, Mr. Mor rison said, accompanied by the doctor he called upon the land commissioner, was cordially received and was assured that before any disposition was made of tho land on which the leases would expire a hearing would be given. Rea son, he said, was given them to be lievo that the leay.es would be renewed. Leases Were Cancelled Eiut subsequently, it was learned that the leases had been cancelled and the land hud been transferred to the Hud speth Sheep company some 50 of the sections. In many cases these leases would run until 4924. Thus the land had been transferred without re appraisal, to the loss of the state. The amendment to the land code had gone 'into effect before all of these transactions were completed, but, said Mr. Morrison, the acts of the land com missioner were equally violative of the amended law and the rules. At the conclusion. of his statement, Mr. Hildreth asked,Mr. Morrison if this was to be a trial of the equities of the case between Dr. Perrirf and the sheep company then pending. Mr. Morrison replied that it would not be; that the only matter to be looked into was not the rights of either of those litigants, but the acta of the commis sioner under the law and the rules of the department. Mr. Moeur was then called to the stand. lie answered in the negative most of the carefully prepared ques tions of the attorney relative to the conversations the commissioner had had with Dr. Perrin and others, among whom were Messrs. Loftus and Bark ley his agents.. ell denied that he had refused Dr. Perrin a hearing to wluch Mr. Morrison replied that a hearing would have done no good after the harm had been done by the can cellation of the 'leases and the transfer of the land to the sheep company. Declines to Bring Records Inquiry was made by the attorney concerning certain records and cor respondence relating to this transac tion. The witness said that they would bo forthcoming, and again mention was made of the affairs of the Burk-Leader Oil company which had figured in the previous hearing. At this point. Mr. Struekmcyer, referring to an episode a little earlier in which both Mr. Moeur and his chief deputy Mr. Clark had refused to srjbmit without the con sent of Mr. Bullard certain records Jtnd correspondence of a personal char acter, asked if the land board was helpless to compel the bringing In of this evidence. Mr Morrison replied that in his 30 years practice he had never advised a client to disobey a summons of th- court or an order duces tecum. The order, ho said, he had always regarded as something to be obeyed. But whether the evidence, once it was brought in, was to be admitted was another matter and it was there that ho had always made his fight. Mr. Bullard, replying to this, asked if a client of his had ever been brought into a court or made a defendant with out a complaint having been filed against him. In order to brjng out the state of mind of the commissioner wit'j respect to Dr. Perrin. Mr. Morrison asked' the Next Time heart, nerves or diestiori bother the cofiee drinker let him try a ten days' change to FOSTTOi "Tlieres a Reas on" witness if on one occasion when Dr. Perrin visited his office and when the commissioner had passed him without speaking and when the doctor finally said to him, "I suppose you would just as soon see. the devil come as me," he had not replied, "You stand about as much chance here as a snowball in hell." To which Mr. Moeur replied, "I did iiot, and anybody who says I did is a liar." Dr. Perrin On Stand Further inquiry regarding the man ner of the transfer of the land to the sheep company got nowhere in par ticular, but opened the way for many statements by the witness as to the methods of Dr. Perrin. He said that the alternate sections, or many of them, were occupied by homesteaders whom the. doctor had said he would freeze out whereas the Hudspeth Sheep company had bought them out Dr. Perrin took the stand and related at length his long and extensive con nection with land in Arizona. He had a-cquired the odd numbered sec tions from the Atlantic & Pacific rail road company within the 40-mile limit; later the Baca float and other lands within the indemnity strip. His tes timony supported the statement of Mr. Morrison at the opening relative to the negotiations ending with the con ference on February 9. 1919. when he was led to believe that his applica tions for a renewal of the leases would be granted. His story of the remark comparing his chances in the land department with the probability of the long sur vival of a snowball in hell, supported the ciuesticn Mr. Morrison had asked Mr. Moeur. The doctor frequently re ferred to that in the course of his tes timony and stated that his experience with the land department, his failure to secure a single section of state land under the administration of Mr. Moeur and the testimony of other persons had all confirmed the comparison he said Mr. Moeur had indulged in. Explains Snowball Statement Mr. Moeur once tried to interrupt the doctor, but later was given an op portunity to make a statement. He said that that expression had been used, but in a way different from that related by the doctor. Tho conversa tion, he said, was regarding She sale or proposed sale of a section contain ing a certain Sunrise Spring. In the course of the conversation he said that the doctor had said that he was con sidering: an application for an injunc tion to prevent the sale of the section and that ho had replied that the in junction would get about as far as a snowball in hell. The doctor in in dignation arose and said that he would report the insult to the governor, whereupon tho commissioner advised him to see also the rest of the mem bers of the land board. At one point tho doctor was asked by Mr. Morrison if he had ever heard of the Burk-Leader Oil company of which Mr. Moeur was one of the pro moters and whether he knew any of the stockholders of the company. The doctor was about to reply that he had heard cf the oil company when Mr. Bullard Interposed an objection. The dispute was brought to a temporary end by the statement of the governor that at the conclusion of the open hearing the board would hold an exec utive meeting at which It would be determined how far, if at all. the board would go into the oil phase which had presented itseif. When Dr. Perrin was dismissed he rose in the box and delivered himself of an impassioned speech. He will probably be recalled at a subsequent hearing when his son, who has been detained in San Francisco, will be present. Dr. Perrin is M years of age and has been a resident and acquirer of the public domain in Ariaona for the last 30 years. Many Squalls The opening of the session was stormy, disturbed by frequent squalls so common when Messrs. Bullard and Struckrneyer are brought into con tact. Deputy Commissioner Clark was called to the stand by Mr. Struckrneyer and was asked relative to certain records he had been directed to pro duce. One of them was a statement tf his account at the Bank of Safford in which it had been stated funds for Mr. Moeur's brief campaign for the gubernatorial nomination had been de posited. The other was the corre spondence with the postmaster at Ben son relative to the Barrows contribu tion to the fund which had been re turned by him to Barrows. Mr. Clark declined on the advice of Mr. Bullard to produce either of these documents which had no relation to the conduct of the office of commu.ssioner and who stated that his objection to their pro duction Mould not be removed until someone had laid himself responsible by filing a written complaint against Mr. Moeur. At 11:30 o'clock tho question of the next hearing was taken up. Governor Campbell said that it was desirable now that the matter be fully threshed out; that every complaint be given an opportunity to be heard, no matter how long the investigation might last. He believed, though, that it could be concluded by the first of June. No time was fixed for the next hearing which will be held at the call of the board. LEGION GIVES FIRE SPDRTSPfiOGRAMTO MEMBER S FR ! ERIDS The legion entertained their mem bers and many friends at their home on Xorth Seventh avenue last night in a highly pltas-ing manner, a good box ing and wrestling card was shown snd the enthusiasm raai high '.vhen the crowd came to its feet time after time in recognition of the fine work of the entertainer. MeKrhron. manager of Tommy Car ter, donated farter's services in a splendid workout with Young Graham. Carter is nndoubtedly top-notch stuff. The work of both these men wastfast and keen with no lapses in the action from the sound of the gong until the time was called. Hard slugging and clever defense met with the approval of the spectators. "Young Charlie" Heitz and Willie Sloan fought a strenuous ciuad for a draw. There was no time in the bout when these youngsters were not on their toes hitting nd guarding with a pep anc. energy which is characteristic of men older in the game. "Lanky'' Jean and "Rusty" lying siuffged their way through the next four rounds on the card anrl likewise car ried the crowd with them from start to finish. Kxerange of head and body blows caused Iho women present to gurglo their keen anpetite for such sr.ieruiid courage and stamina in the lit"" exnoppTils of the fistic art. The butt'e -oynI, which followed, wns stirfo.l with a nnintet of entrusts of varvinir si7es. The big fellows earne ir. for the most attention and nf'er spveral minutes of hit and miss nrti'lery. the battle was finished with rnne Smith arid Charlie Heitz comfns 'hronffli lot- a draw, with honors well dh'ided. vo'ins TaUv won two out of three fol's from Willie Sloan. This was one of the cleverest juvenile exhibitions j ABOUT THE STATE ' Fast Work on Mesa Road YUMA More than a mile of rock has been laid on the new state high way on the mesa from the county quarry and rock crusher due east. The work has been in progress for six days and the progress made on the new rod is considered marvelous. If the good work continues at the present rate it will not be -very long before there will be a splnedid highway from Yuma to Wellton Morning Sun. Fishing Good at Roosevelt MIAMI Anglers returning from Roosevelt the past couple of days are reporting splendid catches and say the bass are striking at every conceivable bait ever invented. Many enthusiasts in the art of fishing from both Miami and Globe are arranging to spent to morrow at the lake and no doubt many records will be broken Silver Ball. To Enforce Muffler Law YUMA The traffic department of the city of Yuma has given warning that the muffler ordinance will be strictly enforced. The ordinance pro hibiting children tinder lti j-ears of age from driving automobiles is also to be enforced. It behooves the auto mobile driver to learn the various ord inances in Y'uma and comply with them to the letter of the law. Sun. Chandler 8 Years Old CHANDLER Chandler will be S years old Monday, May 17, and the whole valley has been invited to attend the celebration. Arizonan. Teachers Get Summer School JEROME That the public school teachers of Jerome are to be offered the opportunity of a six-weeks' summer school course at Columbia university, New York City, was announced this morning by Superintendent of Schools J. O. Mullen. The plan was conceived by Supt. Mullen, who is always on the lookout for anything that will be of benefit to the teachers and the schools, and as outlined by him is a particularly at tractive way of spending a part of tho vacation. The summer school lasts for six weeks, and the teachers who attend from Jerome will be bonused upon their return for their transportation plus $100. This will just about cover the actual expense of the trip. It is planned to send each summer six or more teachers, and this year ten will be selected. The expense will be borne by the school district. Ycrdo Copper News. To Develop Desert Land CHANDLER One of the biggest en terprises ever attempted in the valley by individuals is that of developing 40, 000 acres of desert land lying east, of the towns of Mesa and Chandler, to cost In the neighborhood of $3,000,000. Several weeks ago what was known as the Auxiliary Eastern Canal Land owners' association was formed. The scheme is to include some 40,000 acres of land extending from below Blue Point and south to the Indian res ervation. All this vast territory is out side the Roosevelt project, and water is to be obtained, if possible, by . con structing a Mam on the Verde river for storage of the Verde flood waters, which engineers have pronounced as feasible and which they pay will take care of 90,000 acres of land. Arizonan. Heavy Cattle Shipments SAFFORD Cattle Inspector Heber Bryce reports heavy shipments of feed ers will take place this month from va rious stations In Graham county. The Chiricahua company will ship 66 carloads next week from Calve station. The Double Circle is scheduled to ship from 45 to 50 cars May 25. G. G. Gra ham will ship in the neighborhood of 20 cars, probably from Safford. Bryce A Mattice of Pima expect to ship a number of cars foon. Also the 111, east of Safford, will consign a bunch to the eastern markets. Gila Valley Farmer. Mysterious Fire PATAGONIA The barn of Dr. T. L. Ilea of Elgin was destroyed by fire a fe wnights since. There were 200 tons of hay in the barn at the time, which was a total loss. No evidences of in cendiarism have been discovered and it was probably the. result of spon taneous combustion which sometimes occurs where new-mown hay has Just been stored in a barn. But whatever the cause may have been, the loss falls quita heavily upon Dr. lies, as he was carrying no insurance.-r-Santa Cruz Patagonian. Roberts to Head Schools FLORENCE At a joint meeting of the board of education of Florence union high school and the board of di rectors of the norence grammar school, Prof. H. Q. Roberts of Benson was chosen superintendent of schools in Florence at a salary oi J32O0 per annum. Professor Roberts will come to Flor ence school with a fine record as an yet seen in a squared circle in Phoe nix. Both boys showed remarkable knowledge of the work in hand and each carried a repertoir of tricks re plete with some of the latest holds seen on the big time. Willie Sloan took the second fall in the best time mak ing his opponents shoulders come to the mat in 1 miriute and 10 seconds. Tally took the best two falls with the first ending in 4 minutes and 15 sec onds, while the third fall required 1 minute and 45 seconds. The crowd, which partook of the hos pitality of the legion, claimed unani mously that tlcy were never better entertained and vowed that the legion has the right idea. Pete Saur, the light heavyweight champ of the world, was enthusiastic ally received when ho was introduced by Lieut. Erhardt. A SHORT TIME INVESTMENT The Western States Security com pany at 121 South Center Street with one-half million dollar paid-up capital is issuing six per cent gold notes for three, six, nine or twelve months in any amount. The.e gold notes are similar to a bank's certificate of elc posit except that they draw six per cent Instead of four per cent. The company has assets of one million dol lars and the officers and directors are some of the best known men in Phoe nix and Arizona, which assures effi cient management and the safety of the investment. Cull or write to their offiee in Jef ferson Hotel building. Telephone 773. It Passenger and Freight Service Regular Sailings Between NEW YORK BOSTON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE! MONTREAL-PORTLAND. M nd LIVERPOOI-i SOUTHAMPTON LONDON PLY MOUTH HA V RR CHERBOURG GLASGOW BRISTOL M ED1TERU ANKA N For Rates of Pa Siiiii.j , General Information .irv'- o W. WARD DAVIDS General Ticket Agent for Arlzon 213 West Washington Street Phoenix. Arizona. educator and executive. Duriu; the past few years he has bton in charge of the high school at Benson. II taught in Mesa for several years anC for five years was the principal of t!i Mesa High school i.n.l is spoken of very highly by those who knew him there. There are several of his old pupils living, in Florence who bear out the good 'words spoken of Professor Roberts.- . ri:::?na P la de-Tribune. Public Is Warned MESA Warning to the public was issued last evening and this morning by all of the newspapers in ' Mesa and Phoenix representatives in trsis dis trict, against a so-culled solicitor, rep resenting himself as a-n agent, for the Tribune, the Gazette, the Republican and the Southskie Union. No such solicitor has been authorized to wont, by any of th papers in the district. According t- reports received by representatives of the newspapers, the imposter appeared in Mesa yesterday for the first time. He is offering to accept subscriptions to any Of the pa pers locally sold for $1.50 per year. In addition, be is offering &s a premium a solid Ivory set and other attractive prizes. Daily. Tribune. To Transfer Patients PRKSCOTT Rev. B. R. Cocks came from Phoenix to forward the prepara tions for the sojourn of the patients of St. Luke's hospital to this city during the extremely hot season prevalent in the Capitol city. In his opinion, the removal of the patients would- take place about the first of June. No pains would bo spared to make the institution here the finest of its kind, with modern equip ment not only in the hospital proper but in the surroundings out of doors, and in the matter of roads to the city, with ample and modern transportation. Journal-Miner. Pea Growers Not Satisfied NOGALES The gatbanzo crop of Sonora and Sinaloa has already com menced to come north and some fifteen carloads have already reached Nogales. It is reported that the growers are not satisfied with tne prices now being offered them which is $14.00 per sack of 190 lbs., whereas last year they re ceived ?5.00 per sack. With the idea of trying to get a price compatable with the high costs of pro ducing the peas this year, a conven tion of growers has been called to meet in Hermosillo on May 19 at which time an organization of the growers will very likely be perfected for the ad vantageous marketing of their prod ucts. Oasis. ATTAR OF ROSE IS DISAPPEARING BUCHAREST The harsh demands of commerce probably will cause the extinction of the classic scent, attar of roses. Bulgaria used to produce 126,00 oSunces annually. The fcist crop was 82.000 ounces. Most of it has been shipped to America in exchange for flour. Five thousand acres of rose gardens have been planted to tobacco, which pays larger profits. MONTEREY ET AL JOIN REVOLUTION (Continued from Page One) his capital at La Paz and is on his way to the west coast of the United States, according to advices received from HermosHlo, Mexico, by Teodoro Freeieres; representative of the Mex- V)'. a" "... 1 &ZLl I 7 VJ07 ft- ,vr This booklet tell more about San Diego, Cali fornia. Sign the coupon and get it free by return mail. Come direct to Fan Hi ego over the new San liego rind Arizona Rail way with through Pull rr.n perviee in eonnec tion with the Southern Pacific and enjov a day light ride, through mag nificent Carriso Gorge and twice into Old Mexico. vfcv v're t't .Vos;-'- " . ttSs, MM mJ Padres footsteps 1 ;can government heic. said that $200,000 was the La Paz treasury. The advice missing from Would Save Life of Carranza MEXICO City. Monday. May 10, (via E! Paso Junction, May 17). The fol lowing bulletin was given out this aft ernoon at the headquarters of Pablo Gonzalez, former candidate for the presidency of Mexico: ''The presidential trains escaped from Apizaco, Tlaxcala, but were sur rounded again by Gen. Rieardo Reyes Marques, who has received orders to capture them, giving every guarantee to Carranza and his companions should they be taken." The following bulletin was given out nt the headquarters of General Alvaro Obregon, Gonzalez's rival for the pres idency : "Gen. Luis Mireles, upon instructions from Geneial Obregon. has offered Carranza personal guarantees and n sufficient escort to Vera Cruz, where he might board ship for any port he desired. Carranza replied that ha would answer Obregon's offer personally. Mireles commanded the forces at Es-pc-anza." Temporary governor Miguel Gomez Noriega, of the federal district, an nounced early today; "Obregon and Gonzalez agreed Sun day night, after leaving the fighting between the Liberal Constitutionalist forces and the troops escorting Car ranza, commanded by Gen. Francisco Financial Freedom To save part of your earnings is the first law of financial freedom. The second is that the part saved shall , be deposited in a place of safety; and the third is to secure the best interest rate consistent with absolute security. But whether you spend all or save a part of your earnings, depends ; entirely upon YOU. Others are able to save and place their money at interest in this bank. So can you. Open an account today. One dol-v lar or more will start you. Central Bank "Where You Feel at Home" a. Mn-ttt SvT- - 'Sr - Motor cars by thousands spin along the sea and .valley roads which lead to San Diego, the spark' ling summer city where the first California Mis sion still stands. Three hours from the beaches, and six thousand ! feet above the sea, you re among the cool pines, (with the blue sea still framing your landscape. f An endless panorama of exceptional beauty will accompany you along hundreds of miles of finely engineered boulevards that follow beaches and cliifs through charming seaside villages, traverse upland valleys and mountain passes, or lead to pic turesque Old Mexico. Many attractive mountain inns invite the motorist for a day, a week or longer time, with horseback trips 6? camping parties by upland streams c lakes. Then, home to more cool summer days 6? nights of surf-bathing, canoeing, dancing, aquaplaning, launch parties and beach suppers and your com portable accommodations in cottages, bungalow or modern and attractive hotel, close to the bay. All this is just a bit of what you 11 find to enjoy in summertime at vahrornia SAX DIEGO -CALIFORNIA CLUB, S4 Spreckels Ruilding, San Diego, Cal. Gentlemen: I should like to know more about San Diego, California. Please send me your free booklet. Name City -Street. - State- Murguia. rear Apizaco, which battle wis endangering Carranza's life, tt n:ime a commission headed by Gen. Jacinto Trevino. to proceed to Acene.-i and stop the fightins, with a view to saving the life of the flecirg president." Generpl today. Trevino left Mexico CH5 ill u waxsir the denuine in bottles for tho homo at soda fountains and on draught- a fl fl , ) i